"Wanaomba mkate."

Translation: They would like bread.

[Lucio976290]

Wouldn't this be logical if it read "wanataka mkate"? Because "wanaomba mkate" should be like "they are asking for bread"

[BhamSwahillian]

Yeahh think both "would like" and "ask for" works here.

[DiegoJaviUnlam]

Etymology (mkate)

From -kata ‎(“cut”).

Noun

mkate (m-mi class, plural mikate)

1) bread

2) loaf

From Wiktionary: https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/mkate

[Drasher]

let them eat cake, etc etc

[vitoreiji]

Can kuomba be used for "to order", as in "they order bread"?

[thinkbig14]

Yes, it can be used to order for something. It is common and the polite way to order for something. It literally means to beg but is widely used by native speakers in Tanzania to ask or order for somehing.

[BettinaKre]

Kuomba is used for " asking for" in other examples. Why not here?

[Cynthia9th]

My answer, "They ask for bread" should be accepted.

[EoinB.1]

They want bread is not acceptable to Duolingo